Archive through August 25, 2014

[dschwandt]

Here Ya go Guys
This was taken Sat evening on the MoPar cruise by my G'Daughter at a scenic turn out near Balltown, IA north of Dubuque, IA

FYI: This car is one of 29 specially coded (999) paint cars out of a total production of 1212 1960 300-F's and is the only Polar Blue hardtop (of 964) that is known at this time to be fully documented. There was one Convertible out of 248 built also. It lives in FL and was at a meet several years ago where we got some great pic's of the 2 together. If I can find one of 'em, I'll post it up.

The Show was on the 24th at the F'grounds and we had a near record turnout of 283 cars, mostly all MoPars.

 

[jlspicer]

Dave,
Nice pic! Gorgeous view and an even more gorgeous car! (Even for me, a GM fan

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Love the cars of that era with the streamlining and tail fins.

 

[kmcconaughey]

David, very nice!!

 

[kmcconaughey]

Here's where my wife, daughter and I spent our vacation, from August 14th through August 22nd. This is in Rainbow Falls Provincial Park, near Rossport, Ontario. Right on the North Shore of Lake Superior. Not sure how many miles we hiked but it was a LOT of hiking. Very beautiful area.

 

[dfrisk]

DAVE S. - I think I was at that scenic turn-off several years ago. Friends from the Quad-Cities were going to supper at Breitbach's with us. We got there early and drove around a bit.

 

[dschwandt]

Did Ya catch any fish??
That's a great picture!
Probably have a tough time getting my car out on that flat rock though!!

 

[kmcconaughey]

David, thanks. We didn't do any fishing. The wild blueberries were at their peak though.

 

[rgreenly]

Kraig.. Great campsite!! If I was there I wouldn't want to come home!!

 

[kmcconaughey]

Ron, I didn't want to come home...

 

[kmcconaughey]

 

[sshaff]

Kraig -- Looks like a great spot to stay for awhile...I hope you enjoyed yourself!

David S -- Very nice!

 

[digger]

These 2 played for over 30 minutes in the puddle until mama snorted and they took off running towards her, LOL

 

[kmcconaughey]

Charlie, they sure are cute!

 

[dschwandt]

Neat picture of an old Case tractor we found in a box of stuff from an estate sale.

Anyone have an idea as to when this may have been?

 

[dcalkins]

David s, there is one up the street from me .here in north Seattle ,be around for more than 20 years ,David C

 

[jlspicer]

Dave,
Neat old pic. Maybe the 1930's or 1940's..........

 

[jchamberlin]

Is the man in the picture standing or sitting? I can't tell. I would have guessed 1920's or even teens with the steel wheels; I thought they would have moved to pneumatic tires by the 1930's but then, I'm not a vintage tractor expert.

 

[mgwin]

I would say he is standing. I don't see any knees, and if he were sitting, his legs would be through the spokes on the steering wheel. JMHO

 

[jlspicer]

He is standing in the pic. One of those "ya never know" pics. I'm not a big Case buff, but I'd guess the tractor to be a 1930's vintage. Rubber was becoming more dominant in the late thirties, but if the tractor is older, it would still sport the steel unless the owner opted to torch off the steel and weld on rims. I'm sure some farmers ran steel well into the 1940's due to cost. I guess we could try to figure out the time frame by what clothes he's wearing.

 

[dschwandt]

It's really kind of sad, I mean, this was on top a huge box full of old pictures and is in an ancient frame also. Nothing written on the back. Most of the rest had very little written on the back, if anything at all.

All this family history and no one to claim any of it as this was the end of the line so to speak of that branch of the family tree.

We wound up with the contents of the house and are planning a huge auction sometime next summer.